Chris Herin comment

We “Tiles” toured with DT in Europe November 1999 for the warmup SFAM tour. I remember at one of the first couple shows they had a little “ceremony” on stage retiring a shirt and sparkly tennis shoes of Derek’s. Hamburg or Hannover maybe? I got the impression the band didn’t feel comfortable with Derek’s “rock star” persona/presentation. James kinda made fun of it. I don’t recall what he said though. It seemed kind of lighthearted. In another conversation, they explained the switch to Jordan saying they wanted somebody who could keep up with JP. I’m certainly Not trying to dish any dirt, just relay my recollection because I was there. I think it’s been mentioned before that DT offered the job to Jordan before Derek, but Jordan wasn’t able to join at that time. All the DT guys are really nice, but I admit the MM dismissal seemed a little too casual.